Abstract: A system and method for facilitating high-density interactive voting (such as during a live event) using a computer network and tabulating and providing voting results in real-time. In general, the high-density interactive voting system of the present invention includes five major components that reside on the voting network: (1) a Live Event Wizard; (2) a Live Event Staging Component; (3) a Live Event Database; (4) a Live Event Object (LEO); and (5) a Live Event Display Engine. The Live Event Wizard is enables a user to quickly and easily create polling questions for distribution and presentation to a voter. The Live Event Staging Component ensures the validity of the polling questions and sends a copy of a live event definition and the polling questions to the Live Event Database. The Live Event Database tabulates current voting results at specified (or pre-determined) time intervals and performs statistical calculations of voting results.

Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying documents into categories based on text associated with the documents are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention further provide methods for establishing a database of hierarchical classes and a system for classifying text-related content into the hierarchical classes. Text relating to documents is parsed into features with at least one feature having a plurality of terms. Vocabulary is determined from the features based on feature frequency and for each class into which a document is classified, the vocabulary that occurs in the text associated with the document is stored.

Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying documents into categories based on text associated with the documents are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention further provide methods for establishing a database of hierarchical classes and a system for classifying text-related content into the hierarchical classes. Text relating to documents is parsed into features with at least one feature having a plurality of terms. Vocabulary is determined from the features based on feature frequency and for each class into which a document is classified, the vocabulary that occurs in the text associated with the document is stored.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for republishing content to multiple target server computers such that the content is automatically customized for each target site. Users on client computers can then view the customized content by connecting to the target sites through the Internet or another network. In one aspect, a source site receives content from one or more journalist client computers and automatically republishes the content to multiple target sites. The source site includes a database engine having procedures stored thereon that contain the custom section hierarchy of the target sites. The custom section hierarchy is used to map a story on the source site to any predetermined section on the target site. In another aspect, a difference engine determines stories that need to be republished by comparing a list of potential stories to be republished to a list of stories already published on a target site.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating high-density interactive voting (such as during a live event) using a computer network and tabulating and providing voting results in real-time. In general, the high-density interactive voting system of the present invention includes five major components that reside on the voting network: (1) a Live Event Wizard; (2) a Live Event Staging Component; (3) a Live Event Database; (4) a Live Event Object (LEO); and (5) a Live Event Display Engine. The Live Event Wizard is enables a user to quickly and easily create polling questions for distribution and presentation to a voter. The Live Event Staging Component ensures the validity of the polling questions and sends a copy of a live event definition and the polling questions to the Live Event Database. The Live Event Database tabulates current voting results at specified (or pre-determined) time intervals and performs statistical calculations of voting results.